miteyak 0 Posted October 9, 2003 Share Posted October 9, 2003 Quote: Originally posted by badmigraine: And there are always (even now) bills on the floor to change the requirements That would be 'dollar bills' right? But the voters are right, you know. politicians have no place in politics, they just foul up the system. To steal someone elses line, if your pipes are leaking, why call a plumber... weren't they the guys that put the pipes in in the first place? the running man certainly terminated the opposition in what can only be described as a total recall of the gov'na. Congratulations Arnie Link to post Share on other sites
crazyski 0 Posted October 9, 2003 Share Posted October 9, 2003 "An estimated 10 million California voters cast ballots in the special election, 30 percent more than voted in the governor's race that reelected Davis last year and the biggest turnout for any non-presidential contest in state history, according to the Field Research Corp. Political analysts said the lion's share of the higher turnout was coming from disaffected voters galvanized by Schwarzenegger." --from onenews.nzoom.com/ Fall1998: I remember sitting in my college dorm room when I got a call from my girlfriend in Minnesota - I couldn't believe what she had just said. "Jesse Ventura just won the gubernatorial election." It was a sad day for me, a day that proved the state of my childhood had undeniably gone insane. I came around a few weeks later and thought maybe this was a good thing - that he would shake things up a bit in the American political landscape consisting almost entirely of career politicians. But then he started saying and doing some odd things. He took multiple days off to play some golf...and lied about it. He suggested legalizing prostitution. He became an XFL commentator. And worst of all, he made good on the philosophy behind his campaign comment, "if you're smart enough to attend college, you should be smart enough to figure out a way to pay for it." He refused to give the University of MN the funds it had asked for (for the first time in like 20 years) and tuition skyrocketed and programs were cut. Now one of the most historically liberal states in the union (even too liberal for the democratic party, our left party is the DFL, democratic-farmer-labor) is SO screwed up, we have a Republican governor, a pawn of George W. (Norm Coleman) in one of our senate seats where the most liberal senator in the senate used to sit (Paul Wellstone), and Gore won Minnesota in 2000 by only 2 points! This is a bit of rambling here, but I just wanted to point out what "disaffected voters" and populist politics are capable of. Tread carefully, Cali... Link to post Share on other sites
IIIII 2 Posted October 9, 2003 Share Posted October 9, 2003 Does that mean no more Arnie movies???? Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted October 9, 2003 Share Posted October 9, 2003 Just watching the Arnie acceptance thing here now and it just makes me laugh all the whooooahhh-ing etc! I thought people were only like that in the movies Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted October 9, 2003 Share Posted October 9, 2003 And I was looking forward to T4 as well Link to post Share on other sites
neversummer 0 Posted October 11, 2003 Share Posted October 11, 2003 what a farce is all i have to say..what a farce!! Link to post Share on other sites
badmigraine 0 Posted October 11, 2003 Share Posted October 11, 2003 Link to post Share on other sites
peterson 0 Posted October 12, 2003 Share Posted October 12, 2003 Haha! He might surprise everyone... Link to post Share on other sites
oblivion 5 Posted February 24, 2004 Share Posted February 24, 2004 HE WANTS IT! http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/22/elec04.prez.schwarzenegger.ap/index.html (du du dudu ... du du dudu ... du du dudu) Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted February 24, 2004 Share Posted February 24, 2004 Well you know, at least it would be interesting. Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted February 26, 2004 Share Posted February 26, 2004 It would be. I hope they let him have a go... what do you american dudes think? Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted October 8, 2004 Share Posted October 8, 2004 Just read an interesting article about Guv Schewa-chan one year on. How far can the man go? http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1321324,00.html Link to post Share on other sites
window-cleaner 0 Posted October 12, 2004 Share Posted October 12, 2004 I can just see it happening. It will. You'll see. Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted November 17, 2004 Share Posted November 17, 2004 He's trying to get the law changed right, so he can run.. just heard that on CNN Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted November 17, 2004 Share Posted November 17, 2004 Recent moves to amend California's three strike law, which means repeat offenders get twenty-five to life for non-violent crimes like "possession of two grams of marijuana" and "stealing a packet of AA batteries worth $2.69", were thwarted by the man himself who led a big money campaign about criminals on the loose. Presumably to show that he's "tough on crime". And the press call him a "liberal" on social issues http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/05/1521232 Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted November 18, 2004 Share Posted November 18, 2004 Seriously, could the man actually win?? Link to post Share on other sites
happyhappy 0 Posted November 19, 2004 Share Posted November 19, 2004 Yes he could. It will be close between him and Hillary. Link to post Share on other sites
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